JAMB
4 Aug
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will no longer entertain absorption of illegal admissions through the window 'Condonement of Illegal Admissions Without Registration Number.' To this end, it has terminated the Condonement of Undisclosed Institutional Illegal Admissions (2017 to 2020) (CUIIA). Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated this at a…
1 Aug
Concerned stakeholders have faulted the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over its 140 minimum benchmark for admission to universities, describing it as demeaning and capable of further lowering education standard. Noting that 140 is 30 per cent of the total score of 400 marks, the stakeholders wondered why institutions should descend so low admitting…
29 Jul
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Isiaq Oloyede, has described some institutions operating daily part-time programmes in Nigeria as illegal. Oloyede said this on Monday while on a fact-finding mission to the Ibadan Zonal Office of JAMB in Oyo State. He said most of the students affected have themselves to…
14 Jun
Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju, Oloyede, has advanced
13 Jun
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested three individuals allegedly involved in a sophisticated scam targeting Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) applicants. The suspects, identified as Effa Leonard Mpama (34), Ibang Ernest Jerome (38), and Eshiet Odotukana Benson (38), are accused of creating fake JAMB websites and forging admission letters. This was according to…
2 Jun
A total of 24,535 candidates will retake the 2024 United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced. The examination body revealed that the rescheduled exam will now be held on Saturday, 22nd June 2024. This announcement comes as it released an additional 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results. The spokesperson…
1 Jun
The 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has come and gone, but the outcome of the results is still a point of discussion among stakeholders principally because
16 May
National Examinations Council (NECO) won't switch to computer-based testing (CBT) right away due to the large number and variety of exams it administers, the body’s registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, has said. Speaking during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Wushishi highlighted the challenges faced by NECO, which conducts a vast array of…
12 May
A 17-year-old boy taking refuge in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Benue state has scored 301 in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The boy, Aondona Terver, lives with his parents at the IDP camp at Daudu, Guma local government council of Benue state. In the result released by the Joint Admission…
10 May
Sir: There are so many lessons to learn from the recent Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) saga for recording a set of another massive poor result, just as happened in 2021.
8 May
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 531 out of 64,000 withheld results of the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
7 May
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 531 out of 64,000 withheld results of the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Benjamin, the Board is also looking at cases of unverified candidates and will soon come up…
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